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the_magician disconnected the ADSL modem from Marcia's machine and plugged in the router we'd got. Follow the instructions for configuration, and hey presto it all worked. Just like that - straight out of the box.
I took the wireless connector down to my study and added it to my machine. First problem - blank screen on power up - fixed by pushing the monitor cable back in. Put the CD in the drive, answer the questions, and it finds the network OK. Not much signal, but enough to be going on with. Try IE, and get nothing that isn't in the cache already. Check the connection info, and it's clear that it hasn't installed properly. Press the "repair" button, and up pops a Zone Alarm warning that it's prevented some process trying to access the router's address (198.168.1.1? I forget). Add that to the Trusted Zone and everything starts working as expected.
Still To Do: pull the 486 box out and move it to storage in the garage. I'd be tempted to set it up as a file store running Linux, but that would mean finding and installing a network card, and it's not worth the hassle.
Yesterday evening
the_magician disconnected the ADSL modem from Marcia's machine and plugged in the router we'd got. Follow the instructions for configuration, and hey presto it all worked. Just like that - straight out of the box.I took the wireless connector down to my study and added it to my machine. First problem - blank screen on power up - fixed by pushing the monitor cable back in. Put the CD in the drive, answer the questions, and it finds the network OK. Not much signal, but enough to be going on with. Try IE, and get nothing that isn't in the cache already. Check the connection info, and it's clear that it hasn't installed properly. Press the "repair" button, and up pops a Zone Alarm warning that it's prevented some process trying to access the router's address (198.168.1.1? I forget). Add that to the Trusted Zone and everything starts working as expected.
Still To Do: pull the 486 box out and move it to storage in the garage. I'd be tempted to set it up as a file store running Linux, but that would mean finding and installing a network card, and it's not worth the hassle.
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> I'd be tempted to set it up as a file store running Linux,
I have found that some of my old machines can't actually cope with the very recent big hard disks. To get them working as file servers with a decent sized hard disk would require an IDE expansion card. Generally it ends up being more trouble than it is worth.
Of course if the aim is to get experience of playing with Linux then go for it!
PS You have probably just disabled Zone Alarm by adding the router to its trusted zone. Make sure your router is running a firewall as well... it probably is.
It *might* have been uPnP on your PC talking to the router and trying to configure itself. I dislike the idea of computers configuring themselves without you asking them.
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It's a Linksys WAP54G, IIRC, and should be running a firewall.
What ZA should still be protecting me against is (a) things that try to dial home from my machine and (b) nasties on other machines on the network, so inside the router's firewall, such as visiting laptops &c.
Hmm. Stuff from outside the network should still have its original IP address in the From field, I'd have thought, so would be bounced by default. Must read up on this stuff... [fx: opens Networking for Dummies]